Archive for: May, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 29, 2010 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity Thursday filed a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the Minerals Management Service to strike down the agency’s exemption of...

EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard in the Legal Crosshairs
WASHINGTON, DC, May 25, 2010 (ENS) – Friends of the Earth today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals seeking review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...

DiCaprio and WWF Launch Campaign to Save Tigers Now
WASHINGTON, DC, May 27, 2010 (ENS) – Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has joined with WWF-US in a new global campaign to save endangered tigers. With only...

Australia Hauls Japan into International Court Over Whaling
CANBERRA, Australia, May 28, 2010 (ENS) – Australia will initiate legal action in the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Japan’s so-called “scientific”...

Obama Restricts Oil Drilling in Alaska, East Coast, Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON, DC, May 27, 2010 (ENS) – In view of the ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama today extended for another six...

EPA and Texas in Power Struggle Over Air Pollution Permits
AUSTIN, Texas, May 26, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken over the operating permit of a Corpus Christi refinery, saying the state-issued...

New Global Alliance Formed to Undercut Illegal Logging
WASHINGTON, DC, May 26, 2010 (ENS) – To reduce trade in illegally harvested wood, a global initiative was launched today in Washington that brings together conservation...

BP Will Try to Kill the Broken Oil Well on Wednesday
ROBERT, Louisiana, May 24, 2010 (ENS) – BP is planning to pump mud and cement down the broken Deepwater Horizon oil well on Wednesday in an operation called a “top...

Russia, Iran Big Cat Swap Raises Questions
By Sam Khosravifard
TEHRAN, Iran, May 24, 2010 (ENS) – The exchange of two Persian leopards from Iran with two Siberian tigers from Russia is part of an ambitious scheme to revive...

BP Commits $500 Million to Gulf Oil Spill Research
HOUSTON, Texas, May 24, 2010 (ENS) – BP today announced a commitment of up to $500 million over 10 years to an open research program studying the impact of the Deepwater...